| Octarrhena | |
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| Illustration of Phreatia nana (now known as Octarrhena parvula) from Hooker's Icones Plantarum[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Podochileae |
| Subtribe: | Thelasiinae |
| Genus: | Octarrhena Thwaites[1] |
| Type species | |
| Octarrhena parvula Thwaites
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Octarrhena, commonly known as grub orchids,[3] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small, orchids with short stems, thin roots, short, thick, fleshy leaves arranged in two ranks and tiny flowers. The labellum is rigidly attached to the base of the column. There are about fifty species native to areas from Sri Lanka and Malesia to the Western Pacific.
- ^ a b "Octarrhena". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Hooker, William J. (1892). Icones Plantarum. Vol. 21. London. p. 2084. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 471. ISBN 1877069124.